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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Cc: Dick <dm@××××××.nl>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] broken kernel headers
Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 02:54:53
Message-Id: 200605022026.20313.vapier@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] broken kernel headers by Dick
1 On Tuesday 02 May 2006 15:25, Dick wrote:
2 > For example ethtool.h, which uses the u32 typedef defined in asm/types.h.
3 > This typedef has been disabled outside the kernel "to avoid name space
4 > clashes" which I think is a Good Thing.
5
6 that's because the sed used in kernel-2.eclass is slightly broken ... it
7 should have been changed to '__u32'
8
9 > What would be the best way to deal with these broken kernel headers?
10
11 file a bug of course
12 -mike
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